Current Research & Applied Inquiry

Dissertation research in progress, alongside applied questions that inform consulting practice.

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Clear boundaries around work in progress

Russell Steiner is completing an I-O Psychology PhD at the University of Akron. His current dissertation work develops SATJES, the Social and Task Job Engagement Scale. The other topics on this page are applied inquiry areas—not registered studies, recruiting projects, completed findings, or released research products.

These inquiries are not a separate destination from consulting work. They help shape AI Strategy, Business Intelligence, and adjacent diagnostics when clients need evidence before scaling a decision.

Current work and inquiry areas

SATJES: Social and Task Job Engagement Scale

Status: Dissertation research in progress

SATJES distinguishes task engagement from social engagement. Each domain includes cognitive, affective, and physical facets. Measure development and evaluation remain in progress.

  • Current boundary: not presented as a published scale or completed product
  • Availability: no released dataset, scoring guide, norms, or downloadable instrument
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Responsible AI Adoption

Status: Applied inquiry area

Questions about how people interpret, challenge, and use AI-supported recommendations inform PrimeStata’s approach to adoption, governance, and decision design.

  • Potential methods: workflow research, experiments, interviews, and model evaluation
  • Current boundary: not represented as an active recruiting study or completed finding
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Measurement for Organizational Decisions

Status: Applied inquiry area

PrimeStata examines how construct clarity, measurement quality, and responsible score interpretation can improve workforce and organizational decisions.

  • Potential methods: psychometrics, validation studies, fairness checks, and linkage analysis
  • Current boundary: scope and methods depend on a defined research or consulting question
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Methods & measures

Psychometrics

Construct mapping, EFA/CFA, reliability (α/ω), invariance testing, score bands and norms.

Causal & experimental

A/B and multivariate experiments, difference-in-differences, hierarchical models, uplift/hazard analysis.

Human + AI analysis

Explainable ML (SHAP/ICE), governance artifacts, bias checks, interpretable model reports.

Research standards for scoped work

01. Design & preregistration

Hypotheses, instruments, sampling plan, and power analysis.

02. Data & quality

Collection pipelines, checks, documentation, and governance.

03. Analysis

Modeling, effect sizes, uncertainty, and sensitivity diagnostics.

04. Translation

Executive briefs, technical appendices, and operator-ready artifacts.

SATJES most directly connects to Organizational & People Analytics, while responsible-AI questions may connect to AI Strategy.

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Bring a defined measurement, research, team, or implementation question. PrimeStata will distinguish established evidence, work in progress, and project-specific analysis from the outset.

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